EP1454319B1 - Plastik behälter für die aufbewahrung von vier kompaktplatten - Google Patents

Plastik behälter für die aufbewahrung von vier kompaktplatten Download PDF

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EP1454319B1
EP1454319B1 EP02787579A EP02787579A EP1454319B1 EP 1454319 B1 EP1454319 B1 EP 1454319B1 EP 02787579 A EP02787579 A EP 02787579A EP 02787579 A EP02787579 A EP 02787579A EP 1454319 B1 EP1454319 B1 EP 1454319B1
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Mitsuo E-Life Manufacturing Service Inc. Sagawa
Terumitsu E-Life Manufactur. Service Inc Furuya
Jürgen JACOBSEN
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/54—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/544—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for for gramophone records
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0433—Multiple disc containers
    • G11B33/0444—Multiple disc containers for discs without cartridge
    • G11B33/045—Multiple disc containers for discs without cartridge comprising centre hole locking means

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  • the present invention relates to a plastic case capable of holding four compact discs and printed matter therein.
  • the above described apparatus having a configuration wherein a base and disc engaging means extending from the base and releasably engaged with the central hole of the disc are provided, the above described disc engaging means having at least two radial arms elastically supported in a cantilever style by the above described base in a position clear of the base upward and extending inward respectively, and inner ends of both the arms form button-like members and have rims or lips configured to fix and hold the compact disc by getting engaged with a top face of the disc adjacent to the central hole of the disc held by the disc engaging means, and in order to release the disc pressure is applied to the button-like members to push down the arms, and thereby at least the center of the disc is pushed down so that the push renders the inner ends of both the arms closer to each other until the engagement of the rims or the lips on the top face of the disc adjacent to the central hole of the disc is securely released.
  • a plastic case according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from US-A-5697498.
  • the compact disc case capable of storing four compact discs and a booklet or a leaflet, a jacket, lyrics and so on which are the printed matter therein is more than twice as thick as the conventional ones, thus causing difficulties in appearance of the product, transportation, exhibition at a storefront and so on.
  • the present invention has been achieved in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a compact disc case that is a plastic case for storing four compact discs and the printed matter therein, the above described case having the hinge supporting one of the trays decentered so as to be a super-slim type approximately half as thick as the conventional ones and allow both the trays to rotate in a range of 180 degrees.
  • the present invention is intended to solve the above problem and has adopted the following technical means.
  • the technical means is adopted, where it is a plastic case capable of holding four compact discs having a hole at the center thereof and storing printed matter therein, wherein a lid part and a case proper are rotatably pivoted at a hinge, clip members for storing and holding the printed matter are provided on the backsides of the lid part and the case proper, and a first tray having a disc-fixing hook engaged with the central holes of the compact discs to jut out the front and back sides thereof is rotatably pivoted by the hinge rotatably supporting the lid part and the case proper in the middle, and also a second hinge is placed off the center so as to pivot in addition a second tray by decentering the first tray.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual side illustration allowing four compact discs and printed matter 9 to be stored in a case lid part 1 and a case proper 2.
  • the lid part 1 and the case proper 2 are formed with transparent plastics such as a copolymer of polypropylene, butadiene and styrene for instance, and a first tray 6 and a second tray 7 are composed by using the ones formed with transparent, semitransparent and opaque plastics, where it is a case capable of storing four compact discs 5 and the printed matter 9 therein, enabled in almost the same size (approximately 2 mm thicker) as the size and thickness of the conventional one-disc case capable of storing one compact disc 5 and the printed matter 9.
  • transparent plastics such as a copolymer of polypropylene, butadiene and styrene for instance
  • a first tray 6 and a second tray 7 are composed by using the ones formed with transparent, semitransparent and opaque plastics, where it is a case capable of storing four compact discs 5 and the printed matter 9 therein, enabled in almost the same size (approximately 2 mm thicker) as the size and thickness of the conventional one-disc
  • the lid part 1, the case proper 2, the first tray 6 and the second tray 7 can be rotationally opened and closed in a range of 0 to 180 degrees, and the hinges of the first tray 6 and the second tray 7 are well thought out so that each of the trays can smoothly rotate in the range of 180 degrees without difficulty, and also a first hinge 3 and a second hinge 8 are placed to be opened and closed so that, by decentering and supporting both the hinges, it can be automatically moved by the rotation of the hinges and can be stored in outer dimensions almost the same (slightly thicker than the conventional ones) as those of the conventional compact disc case.
  • the first tray 6 can be rotationally opened and closed by 180 degrees by adding a flute 11 to the upper portion thereof without having a rim 12 of the case proper 2 contact the first tray 6.
  • a compact disc case allows an inlay jacket (printed matter put on the backside of the case proper: normally one sheet) and a front jacket (printed matter put on the front side of the lid part: also called a book) of a plurality of pages (up to those of approximately 20 pages) which are the printed matter belonging to the compact disc to be easily mounted as with the ordinary compact disc case for one disc.
  • FIG. 2A shows a state of having the first tray 6 opened, where a fulcrum of the second hinge 8 when the first tray 6 is opened and the position of the fulcrum thereof when the two trays, that is, the first tray 6 and the second tray 7 are piled as shown in FIG. 2B are different.
  • FIG. 3A is a plan view showing a closed state of the compact disc case
  • FIG. 3B is a side view.
  • FIG. 4A is a plan view taking out and showing only the first tray 6, FIG. 4B is a side view, and FIG. 4C is a front view, where reference numeral 13 denotes stiffening ribs and 14 denotes holes for saving weight.
  • FIG. 5A is a plan view taking out and showing only the second tray 7
  • FIG. 5B is a side view
  • FIG. 5C is a front view, where the stiffening ribs 13 and the holes 14 for saving weight are formed as in the first tray 6.
  • FIG. 6A is a plan view showing a compact disc case 15, and FIG. 6B is a side view, which is configured so as to open and close the lid part 1 and the case proper 2 by the hinge 3, and the case proper 2 has a wall 16 for reinforcement.
  • reference numeral 4 denotes clip members for holding the printed matter.
  • FIG. 7A is a plan view taking out and showing only the case proper 2 of the compact disc case 15, FIG. 7B is a side view, and FIG. 7C is a front view.
  • FIG. 8A is a plan view taking out and showing only the lid part 1 of the compact disc case 15, FIG. 8B is a side view, and FIG. 8C is a front view.
  • a compact disc-fixing hook 10 formed jutting out the front and back sides of the first tray 6 is inserted and engaged with the central holes of the total four compact discs 5, that is, one disc on each'of the front and back sides of the two trays.
  • the engagement can be released easily by pressing the compact disc-fixing hook 10.
  • the present invention allows the following effects to be obtained.

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  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)

Claims (1)

  1. Ein Kunststoffbehälter, der in der Lage ist, vier CDs (5), die in einer Mitte derselben eine Öffnung aufweisen, aufzunehmen und Drucksachen darin zu lagern, wobei
    ein Deckelteil (1) und ein eigentlicher Behälter (2) drehbar an einem ersten Scharnier (3) schwenkbar aufgehängt sind,
    Klemmelemente (4) zum Lagern und Halten der Drucksache (9) auf den Rückseiten des Deckelteils (1) und des eigentlichen Behälters (2) vorgesehen sind,
    ein erster Boden (6) mit einem CD-Haltehaken (10), der so in die mittigen Öffnungen der CDs (5) eingreift, dass er aus den Vorder- und Rückseiten derselben herausragt, drehbar durch das erste Scharnier (3) schwenkbar aufgehängt ist und das Deckelteil (1) und den eigentlichen Behälter in einer Mitte drehbar trägt, und
    ein zweites Scharnier (8) von der Mitte weg so platziert ist, dass es zusätzlich einen zweiten Boden (7) schwenkt, indem es den ersten Boden (6) dezentriert,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    eine Auskehlung (11) im oberen Abschnitt des ersten Bodens (6) vorgesehen ist, damit der erste Boden (6) um 180 Grad geöffnet und geschlossen werden kann, ohne einen Rand (12) des eigentlichen Behälters (2) zu berühren.
EP02787579A 2001-12-11 2002-11-06 Plastik behälter für die aufbewahrung von vier kompaktplatten Expired - Lifetime EP1454319B1 (de)

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PCT/EP2002/012385 WO2003054883A1 (en) 2001-12-11 2002-11-06 Plastic case for storing four compact discs

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